Towel-holder.



No. 640,357. Patented Jan. 2, I900. A. BAUWIGARTEN.

TOWEL HOLDER.

(Application filed Jan. 3, 1899.)

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ALBERT JAUMGARTEN, OF FREEPOR'I, ILLINOIS.

TOWEL-HOLDER.

SPEOIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent no. 640,357, dated January2, 1900. Application filed January 3, 1899 serial No.700,887. (Nomodel.)

Zo (ti Z whom 21;; may concern:

Be it known that l, ALBERT BAUMGARTEN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Towel-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improve ments in towel-holders, thepurpose of which is to produce a cheap, ornamental, and effective holderwhich may be easily put together and taken apart and shall hold one ormore towels securely and yet permit of their withdrawal either togetheror separately, as may be desired.

The invention consists in certain novel characteristics, which willappear from the description of the preferred device and which will beparticularly defined in the claims.

The drawings show a front elevation in Figure 1, a vertical section inline 2 2 of Fig. 1 in Fig. 2, a rear elevation of the outer plate inFig. 3, a front elevation of the inner plate in Fig. 4:, a perspectiveof the post in Fig. 5, and a section in line 0 6 of Fig. 1, looking inthe direction of the arrow 6, to illustrate the effect upon one part ofthe device by the operation of another part, in Fig. 6.

A is a supporting post or stud, which may be provided with a screw a toattach it to a convenient object. This post is provided with a shank a,at the outer end of which project three shoulders a beyond which thepost is reduced into a neck a surmounted by a three-cornered head a Itwill be understood, of course, that the number of corners of the head orshoulders on the shank are immaterial to certain portions of myinvention, the description being made in exact terms for clearness, butwithout any thought of limiting the invention to any of these specificforms. A coiled spring B encircles the shank of the post, and a tiltingplate 0 is provided with a three-cornered opening 0, large enough topass over the shoulders of, enabling the plate to rest upon the spring.The plate is provided with three projecting buttons 0, adapted to beinwardly pressed by the finger or by the towel to open the jaws of theholder From these buttons extend inwardly three ribs 0 adapted to engagewith the cap or cover in the operation of the holder. Said cap or coveris shown in front view in Fig. 1 at D and in rear view in Fig. 3. It hasa central triangular opening (1, adapted to pass over the head a and bya partial rotation to engage therewith, as seen in Fig. 1, to hold theparts together. The back or" the cap is provided with three grooves d,fitted to the ribs 0 and adapted by engagement therewith to preventrotation of the cap during the ordinary use of the device.

In putting the holder together the coiled spring B is placed upon thepost, the tilting plate G passed over the same and forced down upon thespring, and the cap D then passed over the head a and rotated partlyaround until the grooves cl receive the ribs 0 To operate the holder,any one of the three jaws is opened by pressing inward upon thecorrespondingbutton 0, either with the hand, the towel, or otherarticle, and then slipping the latter in between one of the ribs c andone of the grooves d. Fig. 6 shows that the oscillation of the tiltingplate by means of one of the buttons does not disturb the engagcmentbetween the ribs which correspond to the other buttons and the cap, sothat either one of the three jaws may be used independently and withoutregard to anything which may be supported by the other jaws.

I recognize the possibility of great variation in the form andconstruction of this device, and hence do not believe the invention tobe limited to that specifically described herein.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. Thecombination with a post provided with means for securing it to arelatively stationary object, of two plates supported upon the post, onesubstantially rigid with respect thereto and one adapted to be tilted ortipped with respect to the same and a spring bearin g upon the post andthe tilting plate to bring said tilting plate toward the fixed plate;substantially as described.

2. The combination with asupporting-post, of a spring encircling thepost, a tilting plate encircling the post, resting upon the spring andhaving radially-projecting buttons and outwardly-projccting ribs and acap secured.

post and be engaged therewith against longitudinal movement by a partialrotation, said cap being adapted to cooperate with the tilting plate toclasp the desired articles between the two; substantially as described.

4. The combination with a suitable post, of an outwardly-spring-pressedtilting plate encircling the post and provided with three substantiallyequidistant radial ribs, and a 'cap secured upon the endof the post andprovided with three inwardly facing grooves adapted to receive the ribs;substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, this 28th day of December, A. D.1898.

ALBERT BAUMGART EN.

Witnesses:

LoUIs STROHAOKER, OHAs. O. SHERVEY.

